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The Office of Public Affairs announces its spring 2006 community outreach Health and Wellness Seminar Series, now in its twelfth year. The spring session will include four seminars in April and May. Dates and topics are listed below. All...

Physically, the throat lies roughly between the cerebellum and the mouth. It is the point of origin for sounds, literally where thoughts become words. During a lecture in Uris Auditorium April 5, former three-term U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky...

Dr. Herbert Benson The substantial effects of stress on the body are only beginning to be understood, but research has already shown that they are comprehensive and profound. Thirty-five years ago, when Dr. Herbert Benson began his first studies...

Ankit Patel Ankit Patel, a first-year MD-PhD student, was elected Weill Cornell Student Overseer during elections held April 3-10. As the student representative, Patel will be recognized as a full member of the Board of Overseers for a three-year...

Al Gallodoro In many ways, musician Al Gallodoro embodies all that is jazz. As a historian, Gallodoro has seen nearly all of it: from his rambling youth in the clubs and theaters of New Orleans, through the golden age...

AHRQ Contract and Grant Will Fund Studies to Impact Public Health-Care Policy NEW YORK (May 1, 2006) — The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded Weill Medical College of Cornell University a contract and a grant...

NEW YORK (April 27, 2006) — Cardiovascular disease (CVD), or disease of the heart and blood vessels, continues to be a leading killer of men and women in the United States, accounting for close to 30 percent of all deaths...

Blocking the Endocannabinoid System May Reduce Obesity, Cardiometabolic Risk NEW YORK (April 27, 2006) — As the obesity epidemic grows in the United States, the medical community is faced with the significant challenge of properly treating patients before complications such...

NewYork-Presbyterian Study Results to Be Presented at American Surgical Association's Annual Meeting NEW YORK (April 18, 2006) — Training surgeons with computer-based "surgery simulators" may create better surgeons and safer surgeries, according to a new study by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The...

Dr. Joseph Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and professor of medicine, public health, and medicine in psychiatry, has been elected to the position as governor of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Fins, who is currently...

Dr. Carol L. Moberg will present the third and final Heberden Society Lecture of the 2005-2006 academic year. The lecture, entitled "René Dubos, A Soil Scientist in Mr. Rockefeller's Hospital" will be presented at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May...

Iris Cantor Leading doctors from the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center addressed members of the press on April 4, providing advice to women on cardiac health, protecting skin and limiting stress. The event was hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and...

Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, the Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, will be awarded the...

$2.8 Million Grant Will Further Research into Cellular Transport, with Potential Applications for Wide Range of Diseases NEW YORK (April 14, 2006) — Renowned for his breakthrough discoveries in intracellular trafficking, Weill Medical College of Cornell University biochemist Dr. Frederick...

Term Extension Recognizes Nearly Decade of Exemplary Service in Support of Education, Research and Patient Care ITHACA, NY (April 6, 2006) — The Board of Trustees of Cornell University has appointed Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr. to a new five-year...

Dr. John Boockvar, the Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, has been chosen to receive the 2006 Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) Young Clinician Investigator Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The award...

Dr. Elizabeth Ross discusses career opportunities for postdoctoral associates at the Tri-Institutional Career Symposium. Leonardo Pignataro, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Ross speaks with Dr. Joel Pardee, faculty director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs,...

Drugs that Inhibit Renin Could Help Prevent These Dangerous Heart Rhythms NEW YORK (April 3, 2006) — In times of cardiac crisis, mast cells in the heart secrete a powerful enzyme, renin, that indirectly triggers dangerous arrhythmias, according to a...